The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Webster County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Neutral Data Center Policies
Webster County’s enacted order pauses new data center development in unincorporated areas for six months while the county studies possible rules; the county says it will not stop a project already under construction.
Rating from Missouri statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Webster County.
Specific to Webster County only.
current law · Unincorporated areasPauses new data center development in unincorporated Webster County for six months, while leaving the project already under construction unaffected.Missouri County Commission Order 2026-03 (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause new data center development in unincorporated Webster County for six months, making new projects wait while the county studies possible rules (temporary six-month moratorium). The county says it does not intend to stop the data center already under construction, but the pause is still a major short-term barrier to building or expanding other projects.
Timing
- Ends
- six months after adoption
People behind it
- Webster County Commission
Adopted the temporary six-month moratorium.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
A temporary six-month moratorium applies to future data center development in unincorporated Webster County. The County said it did not intend to use the moratorium to halt the data center already under construction in the Rifle Range Road area. (temporary six-month moratorium)
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
Existing projects already under construction are not subject to the moratorium. The County stated that it does not intend to use the measure to halt the data center under construction in the Rifle Range Road area, although the County’s authority over that project is limited.
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